Advancing gut microbiome research using cultivation

Highlights • New simple cultivation methods will expand gut microbiota reference collections. • Expanded reference collections enable detailed study of gut microbial physiology. • Cultivation-based multiplex phenotyping can assign phenotypes to specific taxa. • Cultivation and metagenomics enables t...

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Published in:Current opinion in microbiology 2015-10, Vol.27, p.127-132
Main Author: Sommer, Morten OA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria - classification
Bacteria - genetics
Bacteria - growth & development
Bacteria - isolation & purification
Colony Count, Microbial - methods
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Humans
Metagenome
Pathology
Phenotype
Phylogeny
Probiotics - isolation & purification
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Summary:Highlights • New simple cultivation methods will expand gut microbiota reference collections. • Expanded reference collections enable detailed study of gut microbial physiology. • Cultivation-based multiplex phenotyping can assign phenotypes to specific taxa. • Cultivation and metagenomics enables testing of microbiome–disease relationships.
ISSN:1369-5274
1879-0364
DOI:10.1016/j.mib.2015.08.004